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Amesite


Amesite : Mg2Al[(OH)4|AlSiO5]

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Locality: Heia Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
Crystal fragment (25 x 15 x 7 mm) of greyish green amesite.
Confirmed by XRD. The crystal is confined within natrolite ("spreustein").
Pseudomorphous after astrophyllite?

Found: 1989-11-27

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